Sep 12, 2020
Deep moisture anchored across east Kentucky, combined with a stalled frontal boundary, then a cold front, led to several rounds of heavy rain from the evening of September 12th through the early afternoon hours on September 13th. This rain led to many reports of flooding and flash flooding, with several water rescues occurring during the late evening hours of September 12th. Rainfall amounts ranged from 2 to 5.5 inches in the area where the heaviest rains fell.||In Powell county, at the Middlefo
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 912695). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Powell County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.